Neuroscience
Eye catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
The Implicit Association Test, thought to reveal people's true attitudes, can be faked. (See earlier).
How winning one prize can be better than winning two.
Can trauma lead to compulsive hoarding? (See earlier).
The media and psychiatric profession continue to promote the unproven notion that psychiatric illness is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain; open access. (See earlier).
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Children's understanding of transfer of ownership. Using the implicit association test to change, rather than simply measure, people's attitudes. Baby-faced politicians deemed to be less...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Attentional blink transfers from one hemisphere to another, even in a split-brain patient with a severed corpus callosum. No evidence for neuropsychological impairment among university football...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Is OCD a form of hypermorality? Can children aged five to six years discriminate between accents? The wonderfully named "Silver Lining Questionnaire" used to measure the idea that some good can...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: What might happen if psychologists revealed their religious faith to clients. Cephalopod molluscs are conscious, don't you know. (See earlier). How terror increases the appeal of controversial,...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: In terms of driving safety, napping has a more rejuvenating effect on younger people aged 20 to 25 than on the middle-aged (40-50 years old). (See earlier). 'The KKK won't...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye catching studies that didn't make the final cut:The Implicit Association Test, thought to reveal people's true attitudes, can be faked. (See earlier).
How winning one prize can be better than winning two.
Can trauma lead to compulsive hoarding? (See earlier).
The media and psychiatric profession continue to promote the unproven notion that psychiatric illness is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain; open access. (See earlier).
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Children's understanding of transfer of ownership. Using the implicit association test to change, rather than simply measure, people's attitudes. Baby-faced politicians deemed to be less...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Attentional blink transfers from one hemisphere to another, even in a split-brain patient with a severed corpus callosum. No evidence for neuropsychological impairment among university football...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Is OCD a form of hypermorality? Can children aged five to six years discriminate between accents? The wonderfully named "Silver Lining Questionnaire" used to measure the idea that some good can...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: What might happen if psychologists revealed their religious faith to clients. Cephalopod molluscs are conscious, don't you know. (See earlier). How terror increases the appeal of controversial,...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: In terms of driving safety, napping has a more rejuvenating effect on younger people aged 20 to 25 than on the middle-aged (40-50 years old). (See earlier). 'The KKK won't...